<div dir="auto"><div>Just checking in - is there anything you need? </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-mdt<br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Nov 13, 2022, 17:29 Michelle Thompson <<a href="mailto:mountain.michelle@gmail.com">mountain.michelle@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">We support you and are here however we can help, you have a lot of<br>
people pulling for you and the project, and you've got the best<br>
possible team at T&B.<br>
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-Michelle Thompson<br>
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On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 1:27 AM The Kraken <<a href="mailto:thekraken@krakenrf.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">thekraken@krakenrf.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hi Michelle,<br>
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> I'm glad that we coincidentally had already retained T&B. We are currently working with Maher Shomali, as we came into the firm through their internal ITAR consultant, Jason Knowles. I also already emailed <a href="mailto:info@eff.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">info@eff.org</a>.<br>
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> It would be great if we could actually offer the thing we've been working on for over three years. But who knows...<br>
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> Syed<br>
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> On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 7:02 PM Michelle Thompson <<a href="mailto:mountain.michelle@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mountain.michelle@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Greetings Syed,<br>
>><br>
>> We’ll help however we can.<br>
>><br>
>> EFF will undoubtedly be sympathetic, supportive, and helpful.<br>
>><br>
>> We worked with Roszel Thomsen at Thomsen and Burke, and several of his staff. I highly recommend them for both expertise in this regulatory field and also having an understanding of and positive view of open source.<br>
>><br>
>> They welcome direct contact, but if there’s any difficulties in getting in touch with them, then please let us know.<br>
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>> -Michelle Thompson<br>
>><br>
>> On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 15:41 The Kraken <<a href="mailto:thekraken@krakenrf.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">thekraken@krakenrf.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>>> Hi Michelle,<br>
>>><br>
>>> This is Syed. We were in touch regarding the amateur satellite project. I'm also involved with KrakenRF (co-owner). Carl, who is my partner on KrakenRF and runs <a href="http://rtl-sdr.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">rtl-sdr.com</a>, mentioned your tweets related to our situation.<br>
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>>> Are you able to provide any additional information surrounding open source code and ITAR? I did read your ITAR/EAR notice, but I don't think it applies to us because we sell hardware and provide instructions on how to use the passive radar software (which is open source).<br>
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>>> Do you think this might be of interest to EFF? I assume no, as I don't think there would be any litigation involved with any of this.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Who did you work with at Thomsen & Burke?<br>
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>>> Syed<br>
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>>><br>
>> --<br>
>> -Michelle Thompson<br>
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>> "Potestatem obscuri lateris nescis."<br>
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